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Table 5

Resulting oxygen abundances of the different methods.

12 + log(O/H)

Galaxy Region Method 1 Method 2 Method 3
Kewley & Dopita (2002) Pilyugin et al. (2014) Pettini & Pagel (2004)
[±0.04] [± 0.10] [±0.14]

NGC 3628 1 8.96 ± 0.06 8.58 ± 0.11 8.72 ± 0.15
2 (e) 8.94 ± 0.07 8.43 ± 0.14 8.42 ± 0.21
3 (e) 8.92 ± 0.07 8.60 ± 0.11 8.67 ± 0.15

NGC 4522 1 (e) 8.92 ± 0.07 8.54 ± 0.13 8.63 ± 0.16
2 9.13 ± 0.04 8.68 ± 0.12 8.69 ± 0.15
3 9.12 ± 0.04 8.69 ± 0.11 8.72 ± 0.15

Notes. (e) = extraplanar, the error in the heading is the intrinsic error of the calibration according to the publication.

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